DETECTION OF MICROORGANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

摘要

A sample (e.g. urine from a patient possibly having a urinary tract infection) is tested for microorganisms by: 1) enabling growth of the micoorganisms; 2) addition of substrates convertible by microorganisms of interest into detectable products; and 3) detection of the products. Different microorganisms of interest may have different patterns of utilization of the substrates and thus lead to characteristic products mixtures. Thus analysis of the product mixture can be used to identify the microorganisms.